The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-19
SAILING ROUND THE MOON
THE WORLDS" AERIAL SHIP
LANDS VERY UNEXPECTEDLY.

More Gas Should Be Supplied From
the Home Office - The Aeronaut
Injured Views and Sketches From
the Clouds-Interesting Details of the
Voyage Through the Air
WASHINGTON, June lS.-The signal Off
Ger received a telegram from Prof. Hazen
to-day, stating that the World balloon
landed at Centralia, H., at SIT o'clock last
night.
BETTER GAS, MR.. WORLD.
ALBANY, N. ", June 1S.-A special dis
patch received here from Centralia, Ill,
says: The descent of the big balloon was
caused by the poor quality of the gas and
the illness of Aeronaut Moore, who lost
much blood from an accident to his hand.
He tainted during the ascent. The party
trip, which was full of exciting incidents,
was scientifically successful The balloon
will be taken to st. Louis, from whence
another start will undoubtedly be made.
RIGHT SIDE UP WITH CARE.
ST. LOUIS, June 1S.-A special from the
Worlds balloon correspondent Mr.. Duffy,
says that they were compelled to land at
Hoffman, Clinton county, Ill.,, near Cen
tralia, at 8:l5 O'Clock last night. Aeronaut
Moore received very painful injury be-
fore starting yesterday, and the messages
from Centralia state this, and the giving out
of the gas was the cause assigned for the de-
scent. None other of the occupants of the
car were hurt, and the balloon was securely
anchored without tear.
TALE OF THE AIR.
The World and Post Dispatch balloon at
tanned a height of 10000 feet above the sur
face of the earth yesterday afternoon at
$40 o'clock, according TO the markings of
the instruments of United States Signal
Service Officer Hazen who was one of the
four in the car This is the highest on
record in America. At this point the ther-
mometer marked So Fahrenheit. Core
spondent Duffy says:
at seemed very cold, coming from heat
of IS in the shade an hour before. The air
ship lett the earth as ii reluctant to depart,
but once on its voyage upward, it gained
speed rapidly and was quickly among the
clouds Mr. Doughty is photographing
the earth, Mr.. Duffy is writing his
dispatch, Gen. Hazen looks up from his in
struments amazed and sees Moore helpless,
the loss of blood from his injury having
rendered him senseless. Gen. Hazen sings
out: We're going too fastr There is much
excitement, but it Gains in a minute, for
the instrument records the balloon falling
Again the signal officer gives the warning,
We are falling dreadfullyr and throws out
handful of circulars. They shoot down.
ward.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
"Moore, half aroused realized his peril
and calls all hands to drop ballast. The
sand falls scarcely faster than the car and
the earth seems to fly upward Rivers and
| houses spread out as vast map, growing ter
ribly nearer each minute. Moore sings out:
Something wrong boys If we don't stop
her. We are lost, one thousand feet from
the earth and still tumbling nladly down.
Seven hundred feet and the drag rope
touches the earth; 600 and check is per-
| ceptible. At 400 the balloon skins along,
falling no more; the 800 feet of drag rope
resting on the earth gave relief. More
ballast was thrown out and the ship
again assembled this time to
| 5000 feet. The aeronaut then noticed that
the bag was sagging and announced that a
landing must be made. When within few
hundred feet of land the drag rope skinned
along the earth, making train for four
miles, and in its wake followed a crowd of
natives Several times they caught the
rope and were hurled roughly to the ground.
FEMININE SAVIOR.
"At August Palmer's farm, seven miles
from Centraia, Ill, his sturdy wife gave
| the drag-rope half dozen turns around an
aPPlO u " anu bi OllC AliOhSuCi up HiOil
jerk. The wind caught the folds of the
balloon and it scared up like kite and for
an hour the farmers tugged at the
rope, and when the aeronaut pulled
the ripcord, to his amazement he
found it already loose, and this, it was
| found, was the cause of the fearful fall, so
nearly disastrous to the occupants of the
air-ship. The carrier pigeons that were re-
leased from the balloon at a 1900 feet alti-
tude, have appeared at their homes. Gen.
Hazen reports the voyage a success"
The balloon will be brought back to the
city, and arrangements are now being made
| for another ascent.